Lately with the chaos in the news, A.I. as a potential threat, foreign conflicts, oil prices rising, environmental protections being removed, it feels like every time I head out onto the trail I’m weighed down by this burden of thought—this wonder about how am I going to save the world enough to protect my children…
Tag: climbing
Lock-Steps
Something has been coming up in conversation a lot lately that I thought might be helpful to mention. Well, helpful if you’re a hiker or climber looking to take on rugged mountains or some other difficult terrain. Maybe this comes up around the water cooler at work, but more likely, it comes up on the…
Butt-Sliding on Cherry Mountain (aka Owlshead)
The first hour took an hour. The second hour took two. And the third hour took about twenty minutes. At least, that’s how it felt going up and down Cherry Mountain on Saturday. After a solid holiday week of skiing and sledding with a ton of family and friends, I finished vacation off with “a…
Peakbagging or Peak Chasing?
In the hiking/climbing community, you’ll sometimes come across a hiker’s profile on Instagram, or somewhere else, that says they are a “no-list climber.” This reference distinguishes them from people who are focused on peakbagging lists as part of an overall “get it done” approach to climbing. And that’s cool. I appreciate what the no-list mountaineer…